2nd Major back Surgey Log Blog and Expeirence

[grantwb1]

I drove to see Avatar with my girlfriend and got dinner afterward, I was out for a total of five hours. Almost all relatively pain free!!!!! I took my normal pain meds but still I felt better than I did two days ago before this. It is so weird how on Friday I hurt so bad I wondered about life. Today was needed!!.

My walking is still the same. My nerve pain is still in my right leg and not consistent on location or intensity. One minute it is bad then the next I almost do not feel it at all. It is mainly in my foot now. The back pain now feels as though the surgery has addressed the problem. I am waking with achy hips. I am still having a general pain in my legs from time to time where both of my legs and lower spine just ache. The right side of my lumbar area is still sore. When I move sometimes my spine feels bruised and some movements are greeted with a weird mental NO! from my body. I am having some pops and clicks which the doc says is normal, I personaly shit myself when I hear these pops, I really do not like them! I really feel like I have taken a large step forward this weekend though. I was feeling really dark for a while, not good.

Avatar is one of the top entertainment events I have ever seen. Go see this in IMAX 3D. It is absolutely awesome! Mcormick and Schmick has awesome oysters too!!!

[dshobbies]

Grant,

Feeling 'normal' is what this whole thing is all about and you were able to pull it off for a short while.

I hope this shows you that you are improving. Your nerves, sometimes good sometimes bad is probably a sign they are calming down, even if only slightly.

Patience is the name of this game and keeping yourself comfortable is the way to get through this - but I'm not telling you something you don't already know - just reminding you

Keep up the good work, Dale